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> "N8N" > wrote in message
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> Very few DRL
>> implementations light up the sides or rear of the car, and the ones
>> using high beams are painfully glaring under any conditions that would
>> warrant regular headlight use. The world would be a better place if
>> auto mfgrs. just built cars, and stopped trying to save us from
>> ourselves.
>
> Agree on the DRLs that leave the sides and rear unlighted. Headlight DRLs
> are okay if they default to low beam. My wife's car does that and lights
> up
> the rear, etc.
>
> My poor old Dodge Van is totally manual mht lighting. And as much as I
> bitch about people driving in the rain with no lights, I have occasionally
> caught myself without my lights on. Seldom, but it has happened. Doesn't
> make
> it any less dangerous.
>
> I would convert my to full time automatic lighting if I could find a kit
> to
> do it
> in such a way as to avoid the problems you mention. I suppose I could rig
> a simple relay to bypass the headlight switch to low beams every time the
> key is in Run position.
>

And have you found a automatic system that can tell when atmospheric
conditions have limited sight distance to below 1000 feet (a statute
requiring lights-on in my state)? I doubt it since none exists that can do
that. Manual control is your only reliable option in those situations.